The Things We Love So Much Will Be Gone Someday

Revelation 18:14 -   “All the fancy things you loved so much are gone,” they cry. “The dainty luxuries and splendor that you prized so much will never be yours again. They are gone forever.”

John continues to watch as the great city of immorality is destroyed in just a moment.  Everyone who is watching cries in sorrow as they watch the things they loved about her disappear. The good life they enjoyed because of her ….the wealth…the status… the money…the power…they are gone forever as she is destroyed.

It is not the only place in the Bible that we are told that material possessions…power and status are not the most important things.  Matthew 6:19-20 record Jesus’ words to the crowds that followed his teaching.  He said… "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal.”

What a great reminder this morning that material possessions…wealth…power….and status…will not transfer to our heavenly home.  We won’t need any of those things there. God has prepared a place for us that will be complete before we arrive.  All we will take with us to Heaven is our faith…our character...and the love that powered the good deeds we did in obedience to God while we were on earth.

Father…thank you for the reminder that you want us to focus more on you than the things of this earth. Forgive me for the times that I have thought that things are important and I need them to be complete.  help me to focus more on what you need me to do for you here on earth…and use the resources you have given me to build the kingdom of God. Amen.